Life in Colombo is always an inch from death and a meter from sanity. I’ve seen buses fit down trishaw paths and I’ve seen trishaws carrying a busload of people. That is, the laws of physics don’t really apply. Except when they do. I hung out with the family cat for a while and was driving home when I noticed a ton of gawkers on the Kysney/Horton Place corner. Squeedle through and it’s a wreck, man, ambulance all battered up and a bus that’s gone clean through a stone wall. Some of the buses court destiny on a daily business, and I guess it’s hard to do that without the probability catching up to you. Of course, who’s fault I dunno, but it takes a lot of force to bust through a wall. Didn’t see any injured people, so hope everyone’s OK.
good post. i remember when i asked my expatriate boss (same one with advice about meetings) in about 2000/01 what he thought about the situation in the country with regards to the safety of his children and he said something along the lines of ” events involving terrorism are a lot more predictable – avoid situations where the probability is higher (political events for example) – what really frightens me is the maniac bus drivers, the lorry in front without proper brakes, 3 wheelers with a death wish”
the patient in the ambulance died
Had a welcome back to Sri Lanka moment in Hikka this time at around 7am when a bus driver decided to practice drifting. We were blissfully on the other side of the road, looked up at the screeching tires sound and were treated to the sight of a ginormous bus bearing down on us. Thankfully the bugger managed to regain control because the wall we hid behind in our haste was a tad flimsy…
I’m also firmly convinced that if Einstein ever lived in SL, his theory of relativity would look vastly different:)
Not going to say anything beyond the obvious, but I’ll add that N’s comment about Einstein in SL had me giggling.